HR 998 · 115th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
SCRUB Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2017-03-02)
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Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act or the SCRUB Act This bill establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations to identify rules that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, giving priority to major rules that: (1) have been in effect more than 15 years, (2) impose paperwork burdens or unfunded mandates that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, (3) impose disproportionately high costs on small business entities, and (4) could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs. The bill prohibits the reissuance of a rule similar to any rule that has been repealed or that results in the same adverse effects of a repealed rule. The commission must establish a public website to make regulatory information accessible to the public at no cost. Federal agencies making a new rule must: (1) repeal rules identified by the commission to offset the cost to the economy of such new rule (cut-go procedures), and (2) include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for reviewing the rul…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 998, SCRUB Act
Feb 21, 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 14, 2017
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Cosponsors (3)
3 Republicans